Metering system



: A. BERGE 2,078,997

METERING SYSTEM v Filed June 14, 1952 ,3 Sheets-Sheefl Ci 31 a winreniar:

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Ma 4, 1937; ER 2,078,997

METERING SYSTEM Filed June 14, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 J1. Bayer Patented Q 1 1' v szgcvaaaqi a c METERING s'YsrEM,"

f ed Ber er BWS aui Ge man assignor, by v ,esne assignments, i to H. Meinecke, A. G

fBreslau, qarlo'witrt, Germany v ass ssinsirsisszsesa Nu; 617,236 j lniqermanyseptember 24, 1930 This relates tofapparatuscs"lwhich i are intendedj to prevent liquids: drawn from -a e pipe or other conduit andbeing conducted" through ayane wheel liquid .meter," fan liquid V 5 meter or similar measuring. device: flowing through the same yvith such-a slow speed that the respective measuringgdevice does .no more 1 respond to the actionof the liquid or gives incorrect indications i'l'heseapparatuses; in the -53 io following termed -intermittence valve, are inserted betweentthe' liquid "meter rand auliquid.

storage space permitting the continual with-r:

drawal of the liquid and being subjected toa I variable liquidlpressure; such an apparatus comliquidjfrom the meter as longas it is subjected from below qtoythe -full pressure of the pipe etc.; I

andisatithe same time subjectedifrom above to n a comparatively-highpressure, I whereas a that? valve devicempermitsxthepassage of the liq lid a whenthe pressure aboveit has'fallen to a 'cer -w j tain heightowinguto the-withdrawalrof liquid close suddenly after the rolling weight has run over a certain point'of its path.-

Now, the main object of the. present invention from the 'stora'geispace.

In the firsti case liquid can. thus," be with drawn onlylfrom therstoragespace while at the same time no supply of Iiql1ld' to" this space w is, while maintaining the precise changing-over of the apparatus, to make it operate by far more i takes place, and in the second case. the amount of liquid stored in said space is being [filled up i 3 by aisupplyzthro gh :th ifintermittencef; valve, thepressurel inthesaidispace beingthereby in it creasedhpwhen a acertain"predetermined pres sure in the store space hasbeenlLreached, the The controlling intermitt ence" valve closesf pressures used ton-the purpose inview are so ide- Q termined that when the intermittence valve is openedtheqpassage of. theliquid through itper unit "of! time is with certainty so l'arge that the iindicationsofitherrneterare-correct.1 i

i It isswithtapparatus'es of thiskind also possi ble 'tovcontrol the pressure to which the above mentioned valvewdevicel (in the bllowing briefly" termedpfmain v valvedevice) is subjected from aboveby'meanspf an auxiliary valve 'devicesubj ected ion the-none hand to the specificpressure to which the mainvalve device is subjectedirom i. above, and on the other hand to the specific pressure e'xisting; in the Ii uid-EstOrage -space andy the' spaceffabove the mainvalvedevice coniinunb catingtthroughachannel withthe spgac'ific'pres sure existing: in the inlet of the finterrriittehce i With apparatus of this kind itheimain'valve device and the auxiliary valve devicemare keptu '7" closed as longas the specific .pressurei'existing in theistored liquid located behind the ,interaj mittence, valve multiplied .by the-active surface of the operatingmember of the auxiliary valve devicegandjtogether with the force closing this I F member and being produced by. the load due to j 5 4: claims; (01.50411) the action of the weightl or spring, is greater than the pressure to'which the mainvalve device is subjected from above multiplied by the there acting surface of the operating member of the J auxiliary valvedevicea If,*owing to withdrawal i from; the storedliquid, the pressure in the same becomes correspondingly lower, the pressure existing below the active member of the auxiliarywv valve lifts this member whereby the low pressure existing in the stored. liquid passes also over also this valve is opened and the liquid'fiows to above the main valve, in consequence whereof from the main to thestoredliquid, or to this and' to the tapping places respectively with such stored behind it, the loading devicesmay have rolling weights which when wrollingrin the one or :the other direction permituthe valve sub jected to the load of the-weight to opener to (among subsidiary objects dealt with later on) quietly'than has been the case heretofore and to preventithe" escape of non-measured small amounts oi liquid through leakages of the intermittence? valve. j i in In order to attain these purposes, firstly, the

main valve device may be .so designed that it presents, in'closed state, to the specific'pressure "to which it is: subjected from below and which originates from the inlet :of the auxiliary valve a materially smaller pressure surface than is the casei with respect to the pressure towhichsitis subjected from above and by which the valve is closed, the-space abovethe valve being 'connected with-the space below itby a narrow aperlarge amounts of the stored liquid have been withdrawn in comparatively long intervals of time, i whereby the valve is prevented from dancing; The valve device designedin'the just described manner operates completely quietly, even if it is provided with a momentarily acting changingover device (roll ng Weights as already; men tioned) the qulet operation being due to. the fthrottlihg caused by said narrow aperture, When,

thechangingeover device isclosed, the valve closes i verytightly,inthat thespecific pressure to which, it is subjected from above is equal to the sp evcific pressure to which it issubjected frombelow, whereas the size of the surfaces subjected tureformed, preferably, by a bore in thezoper-y 1 atir g membero'flthevalve. Thethus designed" valve opens only at comparatively considerable falls "of pressurey-thus only-after"comparatively A particularly effective damping of the valve movement is obtained if a member connected with the valve device controlling the openingand the closing of the intermittence valve (that member being preferably one of the members con stituting the loading device) is'arranged in a,

liquid-filled vessel and is designed as a hydraulic damping member for the valve movement; that member may be a plate which is moved in the liquid and is of considerable size, or it maybe a piston moved in the liquid-filled vessel and having a small bore or other passage, for instance a groove, extending from? one frontal face of the piston to the other frontal face thereof. In order'to provide for an accurate changing-'overof the valve, that is to say, without/delay, in spite of the existence of the damping device, provision l may be made that a flow of liquid worth mentioningand a corresponding admission of the pressure present in the stored liquid behind the inter- 'mittence valve across the main valve device takes place only when the, operating member of the auxiliary. valve or of the main valvehas made a certain stroke; where there is arolling weight, as above mentioned, said flow of liquid may take place only about inthe moment of the; rolling weight moving over a certain point of its path;

or where there is a damping plate, the flow of liquid may take place when the maximum of the damping has been surpassed.

The operating-member effecting theopening and the closing proper of the auxiliary valve is preferably of'globular shape.

The liquid storage space behind the intermittence valve, also the air chamber where such a one is made use of, may be formed by a hood forming part of the intermittence" valve and enclosing also the load members for the main valve device and dampingdevice, as usedalso valve device or for the auxiliary valve device, as is all, more fully dealt with hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated diagrammatically and by way of example on, the accompanying drawings, on which similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views and on which Figure 1 is a representation of a plant comprising a liquidmeter, an intermittence valve and a store ofiiquid enclosed in a pipe havingan air-chamber on its top. Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through said fintermittence valve, this lattercomprising a main valve device, an auxiliary valve device,

and a damping device, the section being taken in line 22 ofFig. 5 which is drawn to areduced scale relatively to Fig. 2; Figure3 is a perspective representation of the combined auxiliary in connection with the modificationshown in Fig.

4. This Fig. (4) is a'view similar toFig..2" and .tinguished from that shownin Fig: 2 thereby shows another constructional'form of the intermittencevalve, the section beingtaken in line 4-4 of-Fig. 6 which is also drawn to a reduced scale relatively to'Fig. 4. Figure 5 which is also drawn to that reduced scale is a plan of Fig. 2 and at the same time a bottom view of Fig. 4',

one of the members of Fig. 2; viz, the screw 43, a

being omitted in order'to prevent the Fig. (5) from becoming indistinct.

vice.

Figure 6 (likewisedrawn to the said reduced scale) .is abottom is a side-view of Fig. 2, seen in the direction indicated by the arrow at the left-hand side of Fig.

2. Figure 8 is also a vertical longitudinal section through a: device designed according to this in- Figure 13 is again a vertical longitudinal section through another constructional form, the section being taken in the line Iii-i3 of Fig. 14, and Figure 14 Ba bottom view thereof (reducedscale).

Referring to Fig. 1, A denotes the liquid meter, B, the intermittence valve, C the withdrawal pipe with its several branches which constitutes a storage pipe for continual withdrawal of the liquid or of a part thereof, or-it constitutes a part of a line communicating with a storage vessel.

Referring to Fig. 2, l denotes the passage through which the interior. of the intermittence valve Bis connected with the liquid meter A;

2 is the oppositely located passage through which the liquid leaves the intermittence valve.

inner'ends of said passages are separated from one'another by'a diaphragm 3 which when being 3: in its position of rest, as in'said figure, separates The said passages from one another and presents to the pressure acting upon it fromabove a larger surface than to the pressure acting upon it from below. Above the diaphragm is formed a chamnel?! forms in its interior a. seat for a ball I l.

which is subjected to the action of a loading de- In the example shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the loading device consistsof a body member H which is hinged at I 3 to an upwardly directed projection of the plate I and has a lug l4 contacting with an elevated, central portion ii of the plate I when a plate l6 secured to the body member I! has been moved from the position shown in full lines tothe position shown in dotted lines, the

members l4 and-I5 acting then as abutments.

direction it acts as a damping member in the liquid.

The constructional form shown in Fig. 4 is dis-,

that it is inverted, or turned upside-down. Be-

sides, the loadi'ng device is arranged a little more laterally. In Fig. 2 the loading device acts as a one-armed lever, in Fig. 4 it acts as a doublearmed lever. In the inverted form (Fig. 4) the vessel 8 is particularly securely kept continually filled with the liquid.

' In order to attain, in spite of said damping action,- the change-over of the valve that takes placevery accurately, a passage I'I'is provided between the channel 1 and the vessel Land this 75 vertical pipe C(Figlf1) l"which is preferably pro a cha er n:

zontal position 'in 1 which its -,h1ornentuni .is' the greatest.; Instantlyflvvh'en the passageyll hasbeen openedthe momenturnofltheplate 6 decreases again sothat when'thi's, latter jhasj reached said osit o t p ssa e ll b ed quickly. but not momentarilyfin spite of fits .hydraulicbraking. r From; Fig. a; it appe rs that the inner .enu

s V s prferablyjdesigned a ball asin Figs. Z andA, and .it is in bothcases s e s A 2,078,997 passageis so located that;the.. communication be 3 tween the channel 'l'iand the] vesseljlifis .estab V lished whenthe plate 16 has attained its horiconnected with [the loadihg device, or theplate' l6 respectively, I by means} or a rod] 18 hinged at the pointle tqb hebooy member 2. "It isoby ious that this arrapgement (and edmtinat hi of the ar sfv rlsi ple and dn ts y because the sectional area of thevalve .l i wherefithe same; the ball is securely gui closestightlypl' r I The diameter of jthat'porti oft e bpreflli which jisilo'cated above valve. 8.11315 only very slightly larger thanithe diameter of this ballflso that the exchange oi liquid between; the chamber y i t ded and sendxvesseijs images p ace" chiefly through 1 the s The vess ls jalv vays fill ed with gli'quid. Th stored liquid" which ishto .be withdrawn in small quantities perjj unit '6 timefisgcontained irnthe vided .iv h. an sal llsij a ed nr i m t: the, uppermostf end oi said fpipe. saidyessel, 2i

takes part i'nflthegene'ration ,oiifthe varyin pres-.- sure requisiteror theproper operation of -the .in

termittence? valve B 2 2 denotesflbranches of the diaphragm itwhichgis. located.

thepipe C' where; teammates beiyithdraWn.

23 is a; connection between thevessel s a d t discharge pass V age 2 of the.iintermittenceiyalve and, thus, also with thelpipe C.

In Fig.2, s euas in Fig. 435th surface or opposite the, the. entrance to; the, 9111-" pressure comm i fro termittence valve .presentsgwhen the diaphragm i m that: position'inf ulhich the passages I1 a d:

forthe pressureqcoming from the pas saga l-"than arelclosed ac nsider'ably smaller area of; action.

is the case 1 a thjj surface where the, diaphragm is subJectedto the pre-ssure existing in the chamberj51SQ; that 'a very j powerful closing pressure is attained.v andjior opening the communication be-.

tween the passa es J and] a considerableyfall of pressure in the fcharnber 5 isi. necessitated.

the valve seat can not occur, Sal P 1 stmke. take a e:

at small I fluctuations? of pressure in I the stored liquid; so that alsohdancing of e .the .valve is 1pmvented, The perioration in the diaphragm; is.

only small, 'sol that it also jacts gdamping 1n the constructional form illustrated in rags; 8-l0j thei ball l'thffthe; auxiliary valve is loaded:

with a weight designed a piston .25 movingin 1 a vessel 18 filled with liquid whereby-the dampin tingasuilicieutpassage or the liquid in theguide membrs18-and29 provided for said extensions I r the auxiliary valve. devicefis effected; The? vessel 8 is .for'med by a cylinderifi in whichthe "weight or piston 2ican'move with such clearance. t when; t e s r d. ammnsacmn tainedlof if the clearance is only slight an, axial groove flrnayi be provided zas in Figs. 8 and 9.; Alsothe pivot-like extensions above and-below the piston 25 may haveacertain clearance permit and consisting preferably of hardrubber, but instead of such clearances grooves like 21. may

befprovided also in said extensionsor pivots 2 5' in Fig. :8 denotes such grooves. s r

sion 25 has a groove. which is. shorter than said extension and permitsthe passage of a. large amount of liquid only after thepistonhas made a certain stroke, i. e.,. part stroke. .The supply of the liquid from .thegpipeC to theyspacefifl takes placein this case through. the channel-23 and thepassage 31.; ,32 is a helical compression spring by which the diaphragmis subjected to" an additional load.;.. r

a In the example'shown in Fig. Bthe lower exten I Referringlnow, togtherfurther example shown e in Figs. 11 and 12, there is in this case, no aux 'iliary yalve device-provided. The. diaphragm 3 is connected directly with the *dampingwdejvice which consists, of the 'additional loading vWeight 33 that moves (in the xrli quidfilled cylinder 34 either with a certain clearance. or is. provided with a lateral groove'35 whereby in eitherjcase the damping is obtainedt The." pipe C (Fig. 1) fcommunicateswithuthe interior; of the cylinder la-through the passage- 23. andthe 0118.11118113, and the chamber 5 communicates with the cylinf der134 through bores 36 provided; in the bottom plateill of the cylinder. Anyhow, this plate with 'its bores. may; if -desired,".bedispensed .w'ithix:

.g-Inthefurther example,showndnFlgs- 13 and l4 the valve is damped merelywby meansof the j narrow aperturein the nozzle 5 provided in the diaphragm 3.; Within the-hood 4| is aturnable closed. casing 40. which. is located one, pivot 38 and contains a-weight 39 having the shape of-v a ball. The hood operates in thisconstructional form of the device also as an air vessel so that theflair-vessel 2| ofFig. 1 can bedispensed with,.wherebythe plant-is simplified and the numberlof places where a leakage is possible is reduced. The manner ofoperation of the devices shown as follows:

40 inthe Figs. 1-10 and in the Figs. 13 and T14 is I V Aslong as r the diaphragm keeps the: communicationbetween the passages l and 2 interrupted; l and the auxiliary valvedevice is closed; the pres-.= sure in the chamber the same pressure as: in the supply passage;- If equilibrium eXisbSIbe-v tween the pressure exerted in-the chamber 5 upon thevalveball I Land the pressureexerted-upon this ball from theoppositel .sidei tthisupressure being that .exertedbytheliquidplus that exerted byf the additionalweight), or if the: pressure in i the chamber Sis lower than'thepressure on the other side, the-auxiliary valvedefvicaas well as thewmain valve device,- remain zclosed; and the liquid can be withdrawnsolely from 'the storage contained in the pipe 6 andin theair' vessel 2| from that storage thepressureto whichthe storage had been subjected has soimuch fallen that thepressure, in the chamber 5 'is correspondingly higher than the pressureon theopposite side of the auxiliary wvalvei operating member, first the valve-ll ,of.the auxiliary valve device is slowly" lifted; and when the valve ll has -moved pastthe nozzle H (Figsa 2 am! 4) or when thekball" 39 (Fig. 13) has movedfrom the'position'shown in) dotted lines, thefwvalve H is further moved, but

3 full lines in this figure. intothe position shownin 1 370 now quickly. Now the slight pressure present in the vessel 8 (Figs. 2 and 4) or in the air space 42 of the hood 41 (Fig. 13) arises also inthe chamber 5. The dimensions of the valve seat or partition 24 (Fig. 13 the area of this valve crunplaces of withdrawal possible.

phragm at the chamber 5, andthe ratios of the pressures, are so determined that when said-slight pressure arises also in the chamber 5 the diaphragm is lifted from its'seat and "now the liquid stored in the chamber 8 (Figs. 2, 4, and 8), or 34 (Fig. 11) respectively, and in the pipe C, as well as the pressure, are quickly filled up through the channels 23,"or 23 and 3| respectively, which takes place with thats'peed at which the indications of the liquid meter are correct. There is then also a direct passage of the liquid to the When in the spaces behind the intermittencevalve'B and in the pressure vessel 8 again a pressure hasv been reached at which the closing of the valve is rendered possible, the diaphragm is again pressed firmly upon its seat bythe equalization of the specific pressure above and below the diaphragm.

As regards the manner of operation of the constructional form show in Figs. 11 and 12, the valve is opened when the'pre'ssure in thestored liquid in the pipe=C has somuch fallen that the sum of the forces acting upon the diaphragm from above has become smaller than theforce acting, when the valve is closed, upon the lowe'r surface of the diaphragm (lower active surface of the diaphragm) multiplied by thepressure in thepipe, and the valve will be closed when the pressureproduced by the fllling up of the liquid stored in the pipe C, multiplied by the upper activesurface and together with theforce exerted 'by the loadhas again become as high as the pressure in the passage l multiplied by the entire lower active surface of the diaphragm.

The hydraulic. damping devices described on the above pages and shown by way of example on the drawings cause quiet, but nevertheless perfectly reliable operation of the valves and this manner of operation is assisted and rendered perfectly certain by the arrangement of the diaphragm 3 with its narrow aperture in the nozzle 6. The speed of the opening and of the closing operation can be influenced not only-by the damping force, but also by appropriate choice of the several bores (for instance as regards the just mentioned aperture or borei andjthe passage or bore H the suitable size of which for the different sizes and constructional forms ofthe device can-be ascertained by a few tests.

43 in Fig. 11 denotes-a deaeration screw of the action of the load, after-having surpassed a cer-' tain maximum, again decreases,.finally,. the design of the valve cone of: the auxiliary valve device as a ball, are obtained also in connectionwith completelyrelieved main valve devices in Y which the closing is efiected solely either by their weight or by a spring. H Under the term "completely relieved valve Icomprehenda valve, the.

movable closing member (cone or ball 'or the like) of which is on both sides subjected to pressure, the pressures acting on surfaces of equal size. i

I claim:

1. An intermittence valve device for use in connectionwith liquid meters, comprising in combination a casing having an inlet passage and an outlet passage separated by a partition, a shutting-oil member in said casing adapted to normally bear against said partition and prevent flow of liquid from said inlet passage to said outlet passage, a chamber on the side of said shutting off member remote from said inlet and outlet passages and communicating with said inlet passage through'said shutting off member, a liquid filled vessel on said casing covering said chamber and communicating with said chamber andsaid outlet passage, an upwardly opening auxiliary valve in the connection between said vessel and said chamber, and a loading body in said vessel acting by its weight on said auxiliary valveto close said valve and of such shape that its movements in said ,vessel'are damped.

2. An intermittence valve device for use in connection with liquid meters, comprising in combination a casing having an inlet passage and an outlet passage separated'by a, partition, a shutting-01f member in said casing adapted to normally bear against said partition and prevent means in said vessel forregulating the fiow of liquid betweensaid vessel and said chamber and a piston in said vessel acting to close said regulating means and damp the opening andclosing movements of said shutting off member.

3. An intermittence valve device for use in connection with liquid meters, comprising in combination 'a casing having an inlet passage and an outlet passage separated by apartition, a shutting-oil memberin said casing adapted to normally bear against said partition and prevent flow of liquid from said inlet passage to saidoutlet passage, a chamber onthe side of said shutting-off member remote from said inlet and outlet passages and communicating with said inlet passage through said shutting off member, a liquid filled vessel on said, casing covering said chamberand communicating with said chamber and said outlet passage, an auxiliary valve in the communication between-said vessel and said chamber, a piston shiftable in said vessel, a concentric cylindrical extension on the under side of said piston and loading said auxiliary valve, said extension having a lateral groove extending from the lower 'end of said extension and terminating when said auxiliary valve is closed ashort distance'below the upper edge of the guiding of the extension, said groove adapted to establish communication between said auxiliary valve and said vessel after said piston has performed a predetermined stroke.

4. An intermittence valve device for use in connection with liquid meters asspecified in claim 1, comprising in combination with the casing havmg an inlet-passage and an outlet passage, and said shutting off member including a diaphragm having a narrow aperture.

ALFRED BERGER. 

